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Doing it by the All Blacks
book p18 fever builds
p24
Saturday Express
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Leader
of the
Dog agility trainer Natasha Neame, with
new grand champion Jazz, right, and
some of her other dogs at her home in
Blenheim. PHOTO: SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF
pack
With seven hungry hounds to feed, Blenheim dog trainer Natasha Neame is a popular pack leader at feeding time. Luckily, some
of them are earning their keep, with collie Jazz her second trainee to win NZ Agility Grand Champion. See story, page 3
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Champion’s seven-year road to glory
MATT BROWN ‘‘When you make
Reaching the lofty heights of champ it's water ...
New Zealand Dogs Agility Grand When you make
Champion is no mean feat, and
Blenheim trainer Natasha grand they think up
Neame has now claimed this top some pretty
accolade with a second dog, Jazz,
after more than seven years of horrible stuff to put
competition. in there.’’
‘‘What makes it a big thing for
our club is they’re both double
Grand Champions, in jumping watching classic Kiwi TV show
and in agility,’’ Tux Wonder Dogs.
Neame said. Neame’s first ‘‘I didn’t realise it was a sport
champion dog, Tri, is now back then, but when I did, I got
enjoying her retirement at the involved with my first dog,
age of 13. Jazz, however, who is Shade.’’
originally a ‘rehome’ collie, still Neame has seven dogs, that
has plenty of agility left in her. allegedly ‘don’t eat too much’.
‘‘She’ll keep competing. ‘‘I have one German Shepherd
‘‘She’s got every title that she but most are Collies or Collie
can get so it’s just running her crosses.
for the love of running her.’’ ‘‘If you’re doing a lot of com-
To become a Grand Cham- peting and doing well, they pay
pion in agility, dogs must first for themselves.
make their way through the Unfortunately, there’s ‘pretty
grades, up to senior. much only one way’ to clean up
‘‘Once you get to senior, you after them.
run to win,’’ Neame said. A member of the Blenheim
Once a dog has attained the Canine Training club, Neame
senior rank, they must compete also teaches others to train their
and win in 20 challenges to be dogs in obedience and agility.
considered for the elite events. ‘‘I’m on a roster, I take junior
‘‘I have to do a lot of travel to and senior classes,’’ Neame said.
get to the events where I can ‘‘If people want to come,
compete at the grand champion- there’s an eight-week beginners
ship level. Natasha Neame’s dog Jazz is her second to attain the rank of Agility Grand Champion. PHOTO: SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF course.
‘‘There’s five or six of us that ‘‘We have a lot of people who
do a lot of travelling all over the old.’’ held at her home club in Marl- ‘‘When you make grand they come just because they love to
country,’’ Neame said. After travelling the length borough. In keeping with tra- think up some pretty horrible spend time with their dogs. Any
The process is repeated for and breadth of the country to dition, club members gave her a stuff to put in there.’’ dog, in any shape or form, can do
jumping. reach the top level, it was fitting celebratory dousing. Neame’s life-long passion for agility.
‘‘Jazz is nine now, she’s been that Neame’s final event on her ‘‘When you make champ it’s training dogs and competing in ‘‘They don’t have to be
doing it since she was 18-months- path to Grand Champion was water,’’ Neame said. agility was first ignited while trained from a puppy.’’
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Photographer shoots for the stars
MATT BROWN
The star cluster Matariki, also
known as the Pleiades, the seven
sisters and Subaru signals the
beginning of the Māori new year.
As a part of Picton’s first ever
Matariki festival, wildlife and
night sky photographer Tamzin
Henderson is running a pho-
tography class teaching the tech-
nique of long-exposure shots.
‘‘It’s what I do for fun. I like to
push boundaries,’’ Henderson
said.
A photographer for four
years, Henderson recently
returned to Marlborough to take
over the family business with
her sister, Lana.
The business, Henderson’s, is
a boat chandlery and fishing
supplies shop. It should come as
no surprise, then, that her
passion is the ocean.
Specialising in wildlife pho-
tography, she recently travelled
halfway to Antarctica in her
search of the perfect shot. After
seeing a fishing boat on TV3’s
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for the trip.
‘‘I basically Facebook stalked
them,’’ she said. ‘‘I asked if they
would take a photographer along Nature photographer Tamzin Henderson is running a class in long-exposure night photography as a Matariki event in Picton. PHOTO: SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF
to take pictures of the wildlife.’’
‘‘You have to ask for these ‘‘They see them a lot, but tography workshop at Great Bar- of us to go and see what we think tography workshop is in Picton
types of opportunities.’’ often don’t realise how many rier Island, a night-sky sanctu- of the island, I went up to shoot on the night of the new moon -
Her experience on the fishing types [there are] or how far ary. the wildlife side of it. Friday, July 13 and costs $10.
boat led her to an invite to be they’ve flown.’’ This will be the second visit to ‘‘It’s amazing, the scenery is ‘‘It’s hard to get a good night
guest speaker at the Federation This November, Henderson the island for the wildlife pho- really neat. To be able to explore sky photo in Marlborough.
of Commercial Fishermen. and Andy MacDonald (the man tographer. it and be paid to be up there is ‘‘You need a really fascinating
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The joy of jigsaws and a pig of a puzzle
my way through many a tortu- in another piece, taking pity on plucking at random bits. The
ous hour looking for missing her bemused mother and taking rejected pieces are thrown down
pieces that she is invariably sit- my piece away. in haste and soon there is a
ting on or we find three weeks I pick up Peppa’s left eyeball mixed-up muddle of abandoned
later, stuck to the cat. and part of her snout and glance segments littered across the
It was fine when she was at the box for further guidance. floor. I try to bring calm to the
Peppa Pig has a lot to answer for. younger, and I look back in fond- Peppa is sitting opposite Daddy chaos but she is in too much of a
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Nayland College’s choir performs at the Big
Sing in Blenheim.
Schools on
song for
Big Sing
SARA MEIJ
Top of the South schools sang to their
hearts content at the regional Big Sing
festival in Blenheim.
Marlborough Girls College’s senior
choir Ovation and Nayland College’s boys
choir Augmented were both highly
commended for their performances over
the weekend.
Ovation won first place in the ‘art
music’ category, Augmented won first
place in the ‘NZ song’ category and and
they both came first in the ‘other styles’
category.
Marlborough Girls’ junior choir
Crescentia also placed second in the ‘NZ
song’ category.
Both the Motueka High School Suono
Bellissimo choir and Motueka Singers
choir were commended, as well as
Nayland’s mixed choir Naycol Chorale
and Marlborough Boys College’s No Girls
Aloud choir.
The Big Sing National Festival is a
national group-singing competition for
secondary school students. More than
10,000 young people from over 250 schools
nationwide are taking part in regional
festivals this year.
Nayland College principal Daniel Wil-
son said it had been the school’s third
year of taking part in the competition and
they had been ‘‘the standout school of the
event’’.
‘‘It was exceptional, the changes I’ve
seen over the last three years with the
choirs when they first performed have
been exponential.
‘‘The students were extremely focused
... the performance was just outstanding.’’
Nayland College head of music Nigel
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Memory of drowned pioneer lives on
Memorial benches are to survival and rationing was
portioned carefully.
a common sight in Since the Carnatic was a
parks and reserves cargo ship, space was restricted.
To make a few extra bucks, the
across NZ - but who ship was quickly converted to a
are the people behind people mover.
On January 8, 1875, they saw
the plaques? David land at Cape Farewell and
James reports anchored in Picton. The family
quickly learned about hard
times, but husband Samuel
Nineteenth century New Zea- managed to find farming work in
land was a tough place for Renwick with the Furby family.
settlers trying to eke out a living Two weeks later their son
in a less than hospitable country. John was born.
Hopes of a land of milk and ‘‘What people don’t realise
honey turned out to be wildly you see, that these kinds of
optimistic. But worse, the lack of things can have effects for
roads, bridges and infrastruc- years,’’ says Ford.
ture made it a very dangerous ‘‘When [Bassett] drowned, the
place to travel. family was split up. It was a
The story of Harriet Bassett - problem because there was
what brought her to New Zea- Samuel with two girls and the
land, and her short and hard life son, John ... he’d only be about 18
in Marlborough - is what makes months by that stage. And he
this particular story truly tragic. wasn’t able to look after them as
You could say that the plaque a family… Children were a fairly
on the little wooden park bench expensive business ... and they
at Tuamarina Cemetery says it weren’t earning their keep.’’
all. Abandoned, Bassett’s
‘‘In Memory of Harriet 18-month year old son John
Bassett …’’ would go on endure some tough
‘‘Who came to the new land in times.
the immigrant ship Carnatic in ‘‘John [Bassett’s son] was
1875, and was tragically drowned tragic,’’ says Ford. ‘‘We lost com-
crossing the Wairau River 4 Sept plete track of him, and it wasn’t
1876. The pioneer women who Terry Ford next to the park bench remembering his great great grandmother Harriet Bassett at Tuamarina Cemetery. until I managed to get a hold of a
with their courage, fortitude, PHOTO: DAVID JAMES/STUFF death certificate ... He went off
and faith helped to develop all with a family somewhere, pre-
that you see before you.’’ Renwick to Blenheim. was erected by her descendants through all that with so much sumably did grow up as semi-
Bassett left behind a husband There was a drive-on ferry for in remembrance. promise and then, in the space of slave labor on the farm some-
and three children, as well as her horse and vehicles, but Mr ‘‘She’s my father’s mother’s a few minutes, the whole thing’s where, and they shifted down the
dreams of starting a new life Furby decided not to pay the toll mother,’’ says Bassett’s relative wrecked. coast. He’s buried actually in
with the man she sacrificed and cross the Wairau river at the Terry Ford who, along with his ‘‘It was something that took Hokitika, but he died in his early
everything for. Coming from end of Hillocks Rd. cousins, erected the park bench. generations to recover from. It 30s I think. He must have a had a
well-to-do Baptist family, Bassett The horse stepped in a hole, ‘‘Three people drowned in the seems so sad that it’s not pretty rough life.’’
had become estranged from her spooked and reared up, the trap river in the same town. It was a recognised in some way, which Ford says that the seat is not
family after marrying Joseph - a tipped on its side and all three big thing for those days.’’ is why we decided we’d do some- just in memory to his long lost
man considered well below her occupants fell out into the river. Ford also wrote a short essay thing and eventually settled on relative, but also to the thou-
station. The bodies of the horse and the about the incident and Bassett’s the seat.’’ sands of forgotten pioneer
But it was true love, and New Furbys were found the same day. life for Memories magazine in Bassett was pregnant with women who helped build New
Zealand was supposed to be a But it would be weeks before May 2013. her third child John when the Zealand.
fresh start for the young family. they found Bassett’s body. ‘‘I think it’s the same as any- family began the 98-day journey ‘‘That’s the most important
It was September 4, 1876 and Bassett was buried in an body else that reads that story,’’ to New Zealand on the Carnatic. thing we want to say. Let’s not
Bassett had been asked to assist unmarked grave at Tuamarina said Ford. She would spend most of her forget those women who built
her husband’s employers – Mr Cemetery. No one really knows ‘‘I think what a bloody shame time in the sick bay in appalling this country. Who gave us every-
and Mrs Furby - on a trip from where she is interred, so a seat how sad it is that they’ve been conditions. Hygiene was second thing we have today.’’
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at the Picton Foreshore on Sunday. Jazz Quartet: Dodson Street Beer yacht sailing at Brayshaw Park, 1pm essential fundamental movement
Registration from midday, with the Garden, 5pm to 8pm. 5778348. to 4pm. skills. Janet 5741256. Bridge Club: 7.15pm, Clubs of
swim at 1pm with games on the Blenheim Western Riding Club: Kapahaka: Tua Marina Hall, 12 to Linkwater Playcentre: 9.30am to Marlborough. $4. Alison
grass in between. Spot prizes, hot 10am, club grounds, Maxwell Rd 3pm, all welcome. noon. Linkwater Hall, 1353 Queen 5776554 or 021212797.
food available for purchase. behind RDA, Swan 021309155. Model Aero Club: ARA, Wairau Charlotte Dr. 0210380751. Porcelain Artists: 10am,
Thermette Society: Family boilup Aquarium Club: 2pm, Helen Valley, 9am, Murray 5789199 or Picton Senior Citizens: Meet at the Brooklyn Croquet Club, June
at the Wairau River from 2.30pm to 5778480 or Carol 5779782. Tony 5779776. Picton RSA at 1.30pm for housie, a 5788891 or Marjorie 5777015.
4.30pm, downstream of the Firth Clay Target Club: Keith 5757065ah. cuppa and a chance to socialise. Les Picton Walking Group:
gravel plant on State Highway 1. Ulysses: Ride to Pelorus Bridge café
MONDAY 5737033. 9.30am, Picton RSA car park.
Bring food to share, a cup and a for lunch. Meet at the Blenheim Cadbury Dairy Milk Road Trip: Indoor Bowls: Clubs of Val 5736614.
chair. It’s not necessary to have a Railway Station south end, ride Share the taste, corner Charles and Marlborough, 7pm. Ken 5778190. 50+ Walking Group: All
thermette. Dogs welcome, departs 11am. Queen St, 9am to noon. Sit and Be Fit: Today and Thursday walks leave the Nativity
gumboots recommended. Bill Chess: Bring your own board and Barbershop Singing: Spring Creek 1pm, Riversdale Community House. Church car park at 10am.
5786667 or 0277108229. pieces along to Joocy Loocy Cafe at Hall, 7pm. Brian 5780692 or Johan Fitness, stretching and yoga Phone Colin 5793101 for the
Dawn Tour: Celebrate Matariki at 4 John St for friendly matches, 5785789. movements. $2. destination this week.
Kaipupu Wildlife Sanctuary. Departs between 10am and 1pm. Marlborough Quilters: 7.30pm, St Rangers: 6pm to 8pm, St Joseph’s Lacemakers: St Ninian’s Hall,
Picton at 7am. Phone 0276923488. Community Golf: Marlborough Mary’s Hall, 3 Stephenson St. All School, Picton. For girls 12.5 to 17 Alabama Rd, Blenheim, 10am,
Museum talk: Marlborough residents can have a round of golf welcome. Debbie 5728360. years. Heather 9293806. Rosemary 5788865.
Historical Society Sunday series, for $15, Sunday afternoons and all Indoor Bowls: 7pm start, St Ninian’s Redwoodtown Plunket
Euchre: Clubs of
Marlborough Express photograph day Monday at Marlborough Golf Hall, corner Alabama Rd and Riley Playgroup: 10am-12pm, 21 Bythell
Marlborough, 7pm, 5781059.
collection - A black and white Club Fairhall. Cres. Gary 5784706 or Heather St. Gold coin donation and morning
photographic journey from 1957 to Blenheim Petanque Club: Today 5789350. tea provided. Children 0-5yrs Dillon’s Point Community
1959 with Wendy Simonsen. 10am and Wednesday 1pm. 65A Blenheim Olympic Taekwondo welcome Sam 021701413. Play Group: 9am to noon
Marlborough Museum, 2pm, gold Weld St. Russell 791952 or Chris Club: Adults and children 6pm to Dillons Point Playgroup: Today today and Wednesday, $2 per
coin entry. Bookings 5781712. 5787303. 7.30pm tonight, Wednesday and and Wednesday, 9am to noon, child, $3 family, morning tea.
Blenheim Country Music Club: Marlborough Rock and Mineral Friday. Redwoodtown School Hall, Bright Centre, 2 Dillons Point Rd. Wendy 5792089.
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What’s On
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
Smallbore Target Shooting: Nordan: North Atlantic
Services Smallbore Rifle Club Soundscapes with Angelika Nielsen
7.30pm, Athletic Park Range. All on violin and vocals and Thomas
welcome. $7 per card, club gear Loefke, Celtic harp, photography.
and coaching available. Dave Le Cafe, 7pm.
5781529 or Malcolm 5705542. Wetland Warriors: Grovetown
Pool Group: For the over 60s. Lagoon, Steam Wharf Rd. Help with
Every non-pension week. Redwood the regeneration of the lagoon, or
Tavern, 1.30pm. Free. in the shadehouse. 9.30am to
Under 5s stories and crafts: 11.30am. Rosanne 0210709267.
10.30am, Picton Library. Lions Club of Blenheim: Tea
Picton Line Dancing: Beginners, meeting, 5.30pm, Clubs of
Anglican Church Hall, 10am. $5. Marlborough. Jim 5788896.
Jenny 5777537. Blenheim Playcentre: Parent-led
Picton Table Tennis Club: 10am early childhood education. Monday
to noon. Picton Little Theatre, to Friday 9.15am to 11.45am, 17
Dublin St. $3, equipment supplied Eltham Rd.
plus tea/coffee and biscuits. All Strand Indoor Bowls:
adults welcome. Ernie 0275888453. Redwoodtown Community Hall,
Mahjong Circle: Marlborough 1pm. Coaching provided. Debbie
Women’s Club, 108 High St, 1pm. 5776750.
Tuition available. 5788451. Grovetown Indoor Bowls: The
Jitterbugs: St Christopher’s Foundry, John St, 7.30pm. Morris
Church, energetic music and 5786699. Matariki celebrations continue with a quiz on Thursday. ALLEN ONESIAN
playtime group for children under Depression Support Group: For
5, 9.30am to 10.30am. people who are living with or have
had experience with depression. Christopher’s, cnr Cleghorn and Daily at the Millennium Public Art 1pm; Sunday 1.30pm-4.30pm.
Line dancing: Improver line dance
Bread of Life, Stephenson St, 10am Weld St 1.30pm, Mrs Brown Gallery. Tunes for Tots: Music, a snack and
class, 2pm, Senior Citizens Hall,
to 11.30am. Speakers, outings, tips 5786033. COPD Support and Exercise play for preschoolers. 9.30am.
High St. $5. Beginner class, 6.30pm,
for living a happy life. Baptist THURSDAY Group: The Foundry Hall, 3 John St, Nativity Church Hall. $2 per child.
Fairhall Hall, $5. Judith 5787554.
Church 5783676 or Barb Blenheim, 1.30pm. Karen 5791609. Marlborough Women’s Club:
Spinning: 7pm, Lynne 5729201 or 0277372403. Quiz Night: Matariki themed Older Person Seminar: St
Pauline 5729989. Speakers, entertainment, outings
Quiz: Picton Club and RSA. evening at Waikawa Marae. Teams Christopher’s Hall, Redwoodtown. and afternoon tea. 5794601.
Paper Tole: Today and Registration 7pm. Sandy 5736114. can compete in a quiz followed by 10am to 1pm. Morning tea and
Wednesday, 10am, Kathy 5779368. Social Dance Club: Nurses’ Matariki activities. Teams of four lunch provided. Donation Upbeat!: Music theory club,
Bridge Club: 7.15pm, Clubs of Recreation Hall, Wairau Hospital, ($10 per team member), supper appreciated. 3.20pm to 4.30pm, Nativity Church
Marlborough, $4 per person. Taylor Pass Rd entrance. and prizes included, Matariki Hall.
Carolyn 5784856. Ballroom, Latin, Sequence and themed dress encouraged. To
FRIDAY Development Orchestra: 4.45pm
Picton Badminton Club: QCC Rock n’ Roll: $2. Colin 5793101 or register Bev Maata-Hart Sundown Sports Series: to 6pm, Nativity Church Hall.
gym, 7pm, $2.50. Veronica 5775539. 0277251159. Basketball, badminton, football, Sit and Be Fit: 10.15am at
Tennis Club: Ladies morning, 9am, Kindy Gym: Blenheim Gymnastics Food and Beer Match: The hockey for year 9-13. Social games, Crossroads, 2 Redwood St,
morning tea 10am. Perena Club, Opawa St extension, today Vintners Room Restaurant and free food. Blenheim Indoor Sports Blenheim. Easy exercise for all ages.
5705390. 1.30pm to 2.30pm and Thursday Golden Mile Breweries, five-course Centre. 7pm to 10pm. Donations welcome. 5785395.
Fibre spinning: With Marlborough 10.30am to 11.30am. $3 per child. beer match. Marlborough Vintners Awatere Playcentre: Next to
Creative Fibre, 10am to 2pm, Bolivia Cards Group: 12.45pm, St
Maureen 5786434. Hotel, 6.30pm. Tickets $75, Seddon School. 9.30am to noon.
Beavertown Hall, Brayshaw Park. Christopher’s hall. Doug 5779061.
Dance Club: Ballroom and social bookings 5725094. Parent led preschool centre, all
Free lessons. Bring your own lunch. 7.30pm, Nurses Recreation Hall, Remembering the Kurahaupo preschoolers/whanau/caregivers Pastel Painting: Marlborough Art
Lyne 5702072. Taylor Pass Rd, Marilyn 5795427 or Settlement: Exhibition based on welcomed. Society, 10am to 2pm. Prue
Morris Dancing: New members Margaret 5787323. photographs, contemporary art Book sale: Blenheim Library book 5788888.
and musicians welcome. Spring Clay Target Club: Keith and Taonga. Telling stories of the sale, 9.30am to 3.30pm. Books Kidzone: Riversdale Community
Creek hall, 7.30pm. $30 a term. 5757065ah. journey from the Treaty signing on priced from 50 cents to $4. Today House, 3pm to 5pm.
Miriam 9284479 Community Knitters Group: St June 17, 1840 to settlement in 2014. 9.30am- 4pm; Saturday 10am –
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eef+Lamb New Zealand is Andrew Morrison, chairman of B farming systems in the world.
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the brand appearing on packaging, replicated by high level go-to-
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the end of the year. In addition, B The Taste Pure Nature origin brand is central to Beef+Lamb New Zealand’s says. well supported by
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markets. retailers and the foodservice programme Origin Green. It’s each week, when they do, they are
Sam McIvor, chief executive of B sector. critical New Zealand moves now to prepared to spend more. ❚ Information about the brand can
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Investing in animal
health will pay off
I
t’s not too early to be preparing and selenium, to correct any issues
for spring on Marlborough sheep
Poor lambing results in arising from mineral-poor land.
and beef farms. spring can often be The Vet Centre’s specialty sheep
In fact, the team at Vet Centre conveyor has also been getting
Marlborough are well into the swing traced back to a busy around the district, helping to
of pre-lambing and vaccination
planning.
number of common greatly improve the efficiency of
sheep treatments, such as
Many farmers are scanning for issues, so our message clostridial booster vaccinations,
pregnancy results in their ewes. pre-lambing anthelmintics and
Tony Smith, sales manager at
is to invest in more.
The Vet Centre, says some mixed vaccinations, get your Tony recounts recently treating a
results have shown the value of farmer’s mob in an hour and a
preventative vaccinations and rams and bulls checked quarter which would normally take
investment in good animal health.
‘‘There is only one chance a year
to get the best him two days – an example of
extreme efficiency. The sheep
to get a successful pregnancy with pregnancy results. conveyor is very popular, so book it
each ewe and cow, and it’s Tony Smith early to avoid the bottleneck over
important with the returns being so The Vet Centre sales manager the coming months.
good at the moment that At this time of year, pre-lambing
Marlborough farmers take the shearing is going on many farms,
opportunity to invest in animal advantage of scanning which allows which is something of a challenge
health and get the best new season you to know in advance where you with the recent wet weather, but
production that they can,’’ he says. stand with lambing and calving a also provides the ideal time to treat
‘‘Poor lambing results in spring few months away; we can help to for lice post-shearing.
can often be traced back to a identify the issues to avoid in the There have also been many
number of common issues, so our case of low pregnancy rates, too.’’ instances of foot rot in fine wool
message is to invest in You can also have your beef sheep flocks. The livestock
vaccinations, get your rams and stock mineral-tested so any specialists at The Vet Centre can
bulls checked to get the best deficiencies that are highlighted help with treatment options and Tony Smith says there is no time like the present to invest in good animal
pregnancy results, and also take can be treated, often for copper advice for this problem. health.
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Hospice volunteers, our local heroes
MATT BROWN ‘‘We have a
After another valuable Volun- different group
teer Week, it’s back to business every day ... It's the
as usual for the volunteers at
Hospice Marlborough. best day we have
With more than 250 workers each week. We're
on the books, the organisation
has possibly the largest volun- as mad as each
teer workforce in region. other, you see.’’
Maria Mustard, volunteer Judy Brain, acting manager at
coordinator for Hospice Marlbor- Redwoodtown Hospice shop
ough said that without
volunteers giving up their time,
they simply wouldn’t be able to each other, you see.’’
offer the service. ‘‘Next month is our 13th birth-
‘‘We have a great volunteer day so we’re having an afternoon
workforce,’’ Mustard said. tea for volunteers to thank
‘‘Some are very long-serving.’’ them.’’
The organisation utilises The hospice shop has a total
volunteers as gardeners, of about 80 volunteers each
receptionists, equipment week.
deliverers, event organisers, hos- ‘‘We’re very very lucky, we
pice shop staff and cooks, have some very dedicated
amongst many other vocations. volunteers,’’ Mustard said. ‘‘We
‘‘We have biographers that recognise the volunteers with
talk to the patients, that get them five, ten, and soon, fifteen-year
to tell them their story. They badges. It’s incredible.’’
might capture some photos and a Often volunteering is done in
recording of their voice that is ones and twos. It could be only
then given to the family,’’ Mus- an hour here or there, so Hospice
tard said. organises all sorts of things for
‘‘The reception at the hospital the volunteers, including a
and at hospice are all our Christmas party.
volunteers.’’ ‘‘It’s nice to get them
Lunches and evening meals together,’’ Mustard said.
are provided for patients and Despite the healthy numbers
families at hospice free of charge of Marlburians giving up their
by Quench, at Chateau Marlbor- time to help the hospice, Mus-
ough. Hospice Shop volunteers say that the day they volunteer at the shop is their favourite day of the week. tard said new recruits are
‘‘They’re absolutely RICKY WILSON/STUFF always welcome.
delicious.’’ unteer six years ago after her amazing,’’ Brain said. get a lot of pleasure out of that.’’ ‘‘If you’re on the fence about
Judy Brain, the acting man- husband passed away in the hos- ‘‘Seeing what comes into the ‘‘We have a different group volunteering, come and apply.’’
ager at the Redwoodtown Hos- pice. shop and getting it organised, every day ... It’s the best day we ‘‘We’re always looking for
pice shop got involved as a vol- ‘‘The care was absolutely then seeing it walk out again, I have each week. We’re as mad as volunteers,’’ Brain said.
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Cruelly effective horrors abound
HEREDITARY (R16, 128 MINS), Sematary and The Wicker Man is
DIRECTED BY ARI ASTER definitely the work of a writer
★★★1⁄2 and director who has been to the
well and learned the genre like
On the exclusive outskirts of an he should.
unnamed American city, an old Writer-director Ari Aster’s
woman has died. greatest asset is Collette, at her
From the tone of the eulogy at most formidably deranged here,
her funeral – delivered by her and pretty much carrying the
adult daughter – she was a bit of film alone through long stretches
a nightmare to live with and when credulity is buckling
nobody, not even in her own under contrivance.
family, is too heartbroken to see Gabriel Byrne is so under-
the back of her. employed I believe the film could
Back home, daughter Annie have been stronger, more
(Toni Collette) and husband claustrophobic and heightened
Steve (Gabriel Byrne) restart had Collette being playing a
their lives. single mother – in an inverse of
Annie is an artist, construct- The Sixth Sense and Babadook
ing incredibly detailed dynamic – with no husband
miniatures of the rooms and around to provide an escape
houses she visits for an valve. Almost everything Byrne
upcoming exhibition. Son Peter contributes could have been
is in high school and 11-year-old taken up by Alex Wolff’s teenage
daughter Charlie is just son and maybe a lovable,
beginning to cause trouble. disposable neighbour for a few
Annie wonders at just how moments towards the end.
much influence her mother has As young daughter Charlie,
had on Charlie, who was very first-time film actor Millie
much the old woman’s favourite. Shapiro is also pretty
And pretty soon a sequence of astonishing.
disturbing events causes Annie Hereditary is not ‘‘this
to wonder if her mother is generation’s The Exorcist’’. It’s
reaching out to Charlie from Toni Collette is at her most formidably deranged in Hereditary. not even close. It’s at least 10
beyond the grave. minutes too long, the ending is
Hereditary has a classic setup. blunt first act leads to a truly depression. It’s a problematic a purely supernatural/cult far too silly to give the film any
The film toggles between teasing shocking moment – one and old-fashioned storyline to ‘‘explanation’’ of what’s been enduring power and the
at a supernatural explanation completely unspoiled by the peddle, and naturally it can’t unfolding on screen, the shark is underpinning idea lacks the
and the possibility that Annie – trailer – and Hereditary rolls on last. But Collette is just so thoroughly jumped and I wasn’t rigour and intent of any really
who has an ill-defined history of as an uneven, but likeable way to darned good at playing the only person laughing. great horror.
mental illness – is causing, or spend a few hours. delusional with a side-order of By that time though, you But Hereditary is still a good
imagining everything that seems Hereditary is at its most psychopathic, the possibility probably will have had too much time, and it delivers your
to be happening. cruelly effective when it seems to seems too seductive to waste. fun to really care. Any film that money’s worth of jumps and
An unusually effective and be demonising dementia and When Hereditary swerves into manages to evoke both Pet lunacy. - Graeme Tuckett
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When daddy gets cyclo-cross
LEE GRIGGS ‘‘If there's one law
After last week’s rain-induced of napping; it's that
cabin fever, the whole family there is no law of
was keen to get out, burn some
energy and get their dose of Vit- napping.’’
amin D.
So last Sunday, George, his With cowbells ringing and
two new teeth and I decided to pots and pans banging, it’s
take Ally and her two older sons encouraged that participants
Harry and Isaac, along on one of ride in fancy dress to add to the
our adventures. fun. So I pulled out a tutu and
We loaded up the bikes and chicken hat, and decided to ride
entered into the family-friendly Gladys, the unicycle, to add to
Marlborough Cyclo-cross series. the mix.
An off-road cycle series aimed George hung out with Ally on
at getting the whole family the side lines, exercising his
involved. With a combination of lungs cheering us on as he
sunny skies, mud, cowbells and watched on in amusement.
laughter, it was just what we He soon decided he wanted to
needed after a wet week inside. join in, so Ally found a neutral
George was entered with part of the track where he could
Isaac in the kid’s event. A ride his little trike up and down,
smaller version of the adults, showing off to nanny and
weaving around a marked cycle grandad with his favourite trick,
maze on grass, with some tight the wheelie. A trick comple-
turns and muddy spots to give mented with his extra toothy
them a good taste of what they grin, it’s a sight to be seen.
may progress to as they grow All in all, it was the perfect
older. outlet for the whole family to get
Isaac had a great time testing out in the sunshine and have fun
his bike skills in the mud. on bikes. With an event every
Unfortunately, George decided other Sunday through the win-
this was a good time to take his ter, we’ll definitely be joining the
nap. I guess if there’s one law of fun again.
napping; it’s that there is no law Hopefully George will stay
of napping. When George needs awake next time, and we may
to nap, he needs to nap regard- even get Ally participating if
less of any prior plans. nanny and grandad are keen to
However, this did mean he help George cheer us on from the
was awake in time to make some side line.
noise cheering on his older For information, check the Isaac Griggs, left, with dad Lee, baby George and brother Harry at the Marlborough Cyclo-cross event on Sunday.
brother Harry and I, in the adult CX Marlborough Facebook page,
and junior mountainbike event. or pop into Bikefit.
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